1. Ask yourself, “If I only had one minute left, what would I have learners do in that minute to review what they have learned?” Possible answers are: Talk to each other about the topic (a Pair Share), write down a topic-related fact (Think and Write), ask a question of someone else (Take a Guess), or have the group generate as many facts as it can in 60 seconds (Shout Out).

2. Ask yourself, “If I lost my voice right before the training, how else could the participants learn this material?” Then set up one or two ways for them to do that. Examples are: a quick card-sorting activity with myths and facts about the topic, another card sorting activity matching up terms with their definitions, an interactive worksheet, Teach-Backs where table groups teach the other groups a piece of content (they read a handout or text page for the information), and the like.

Hope this helps – and my thanks to Susan, too, for her “sparkly” comment about my website – how nice! Sharon

Do you have any recommendations on how to quickly generate learning activities?

Michelene Martin